[Avodah] Fw: [Areivim] reporting yidden to a secular police

[JRich at Sibson.com]

It seems to me that next week's parsha mandates a police presence, inthe first verse, no?  What am I missing, that nobody has raised thisissue yet?: Chapter 16 18.You shall set up judges and law enforcement officials for yourself: in all your cities that the Lord, your God, is giving you, for your: tribes, and they shall judge the people [with] righteous judgment.

Sanhedrin 16b: Braita: one must appoint police, (veshotrim), tribalpolice (lishvateicha), city police (lish'areicha).>>>

That refers to Shoftim, ie, Sanhedrin and/or BD.Not secular (and even anti-Torah) courts and govt*//////////////////////

however one could argue that the authority for police  flows from the power of the king (or in this case civil  authority) to maintain  societal norms  (much is written and debated on this topic)

ktjoel rich



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